mikl-em'sINAUGURALPOETIC
CHARACTER ASSASSINATION

I,
mikl W em, representing,
We the W peopleof
the US W of A

One
nation under W
unable to divide
with Liberty W
and Justice Wfor the (double)usual suspects.

We all know that George W's
tenure as President will be a boon for the nation's comedians. It's
widely suspected that the Comedy Channel and Saturday Night Live producer
Lorne Michaels were among the biggest contributors to the Bush Campaign.

Well that's great for them, but what about uspoets? Al Gore had promised not only to regularly attend poetry
readings in Washington DC, but to sit near the front and nod his head
and occasionally close his eyes as if really concentrating on particular
passages. That's great because it's exactly what we all do when we
go to see each other read.

Bush, as you may know, had a guaranteed lowest common denominator
policy during the campaign. W vowed
that he would match or beat any campaign promise made by his opponent.
So we could have gotten the same deal from him. But that's no good,
it's impossible to keep a straight face (let alone read a poem) with
this guy staring
at you.

I'm roiling with the punches, my inarguable
pometakes a few cue(ball)s from the good Doctor Seuss and
adds an unhealthy dose (a table spoonerism full) of Norm Crosby, to
pay tributarily to the caracature assignation of the
son, the oily, W Bush.